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0:00The NFL is now a passing league and
0:03every single week, there's not just one
0:05or two, but maybe three guys from every
0:08single team that are fantasy viable. So,
0:11instead of helping you win a fantasy
0:13championship by talking about a couple
0:15of wide receivers today, let's go ahead
0:17and talk about more than 100 wide
0:20receivers today. Headliner Nation, we
0:23did a video last week, very similar,
0:25where we discussed the depth charts and
0:28over 90 different running backs in the
0:30NFL and how it could work out for
0:33fantasy football in 2026. But today,
0:36we're going even deeper, which means
0:38we're going to have to be moving, ladies
0:40and gentlemen. We're going to go through
0:41the depth chart of every single NFL
0:43team, talking about anywhere from three
0:45to five wide receivers per team, and
0:47what you could expect for fantasy
0:49football this year. Yeah, I am highly
0:51caffeinated. I am ready to go. I am
0:53ready to talk about wide receivers,
0:55Kyle. We're going to be breaking these
0:56guys up into a few different categories
0:58as they're going to see them on the
1:00screen. Yes, we are going to break them
1:02up into wide receiver ones and wide
1:04receiver twos. That speaks for itself.
1:06Those are the guys that we think could
1:07finish in that area for fantasy
1:08football. But then what about some wide
1:10receiver threes? What about some flex
1:12plays? In those areas, we've got the
1:14high upside play. They could win you a
1:17week, they could lose you a week. They
1:18have high upside, but a really
1:20inconsistent floor. What about the floor
1:23play? They might not help win titles,
1:26but they could offer stable points for
1:28the by-weeks and injuries that you have
1:30to deal with. Then we've got the watch
1:32list. They could offer you fantasy
1:34potential at some point this season.
1:35Maybe we don't draft them right now, but
1:37we need to be keeping an eye on them.
1:39And of course, the waiverss. You don't
1:41need to worry about them. Put them to
1:42the side and forget about it. Jake,
1:44we're going to start in the AFC East,
1:46though. The Buffalo Bills, DJ Moore,
1:49Josh Palmer, Khil Shakir, Skyler Bell,
1:52Keon Coleman, Josh Palmer, and Keon
1:54Coleman. We've got listed as waiverss.
1:56DJ Moore, we've talked about him a lot.
1:58He could be a wide receiver, too. Khil
2:00Shakir could end up being that floor
2:02play every single week, giving you a
2:04stable amount of points, even if he
2:05doesn't have a ton of upside. And newly
2:07drafted Skyler Bell, I really liked him.
2:10I think he's a watch list candidate in
2:12case there's injuries.
2:13>> Yeah. Yeah. And the more I see, you
2:14know, DJ Moore practicing with Josh
2:16Allen, the more I'm getting excited, the
2:17more I feel like he may not be high
2:19enough in some people's rankings. And
2:22that maybe the year of DJ Moore that
2:24we've wanted the last few years, it's
2:26going to happen with Josh Allen this
2:27year. Moving on to the Miami Dolphins,
2:30Jaylen Tolbert, 22 Atwell, Malik
2:33Washington, and Chris Bell. For Jaylen
2:35Tolbert and Chris Bell, going to leave
2:37them on waiverss. I like Chris Bell. I
2:40think he can be a good NFL wide
2:41receiver, but he was injured last year.
2:43It might take him a little bit to kind
2:45of get going. So maybe just a waiver guy
2:47this season. 22 Atwell is going to be on
2:50the watch list for me. We've seen him
2:51have fantasy value while he was in LA.
2:54Yeah, he's not going to have Matthew
2:56Stafford, so maybe that changes a lot of
2:57things. But Malik Washington, we just
2:59talked about him in a deep sleeper
3:01video, and we have been a fan of his for
3:03a couple of years now. Yeah, this may be
3:05one of the ugliest groups of receivers
3:07on any NFL team right this second.
3:10There's not a lot of high upside when
3:11you're talking about fantasy value. If I
3:13had to pick one as of right now, it is
3:16still Malik Washington. For the New
3:18England Patriots, AJ Brown, we believe
3:21he is a top 12 wide receiver and we
3:23believe him and Drake May are going to
3:25have a fantastic season together. Romeo
3:28Dobs. We think he has an opportunity to
3:30score touchdowns and offer you kind of
3:32that floor play that we talked about at
3:34the beginning of the show. Dear Douglas,
3:37Kyle Williams, Kahan Booty. Kahan Booty
3:39right now still on the roster. There is
3:41talk that he could be traded. Dear
3:44Douglas is going to be on waiverss.
3:45Booty, we know he has touchdown
3:47potential. He would be the upside play.
3:49If Kahan Booty is traded, then Kyle
3:51Williams becomes a watchless candidate.
3:53>> Yeah, it all depend what what happens
3:55there. But honestly, for me right now,
3:57AJ Brown and Romeo Dobs or nothing in
4:00New England. Even when it comes to the
4:02running backs, it's hard to know who's
4:03going to touch the ball weekly. Yes,
4:05they're going to spread it around some,
4:06but Dobs is going to be the safest the
4:08safest guy weekly, like you said, a
4:10floor play, but man, we love AJ Brown
4:12this year and what he could be with
4:13Drake May.
4:14>> The New York Jets have put together a
4:16ton of weapons, but can Gino Smith be
4:20the guy to actually give them all
4:22fantasy validity? Adenai Mitchell is
4:24going to be kind of an upside play. He's
4:26a big play wide receiver. He is a guy
4:28that is absolutely going to disappear at
4:31times. However, I've got Omar Cooper Jr.
4:33listed as a floor play now because we
4:36just found out that Kenyan Sadique could
4:37end up missing time. Banged up coming
4:41back from an injury. Was banged up a
4:43little bit last year. Is not healing as
4:45well as they would have hoped he would
4:46have. And because of that, the wide
4:48receivers really truly have a decent
4:50amount of fantasy value right now.
4:52Garrett Wilson. We've seen him be a guy
4:53that can be a wide receiver one. I'm not
4:55willing to go there as of yet.
4:57>> Yeah, there's more weapons in in for the
5:00Jets there now than there has been in
5:01the past. So, it's not just the Garrett
5:03Wilson show. My biggest question is if
5:05you're a floor play and you play for the
5:08Jets, is your floor lower than most
5:10other people's floor? That's what
5:12worries me a little bit. I'm I'm leaning
5:14Garrett Wilson here and and kind of just
5:15want to see how everything else plays
5:17out.
5:18Let's move on to the AFC North and let's
5:21go ahead and make this another comment
5:23challenge video. If there is a wide
5:26receiver that we didn't go as indepth on
5:29today that you would like to know more
5:31about, we want you to give us your
5:33opinion down in the comments. So, pick a
5:35wide receiver that we didn't talk about
5:36a whole lot today. Leave a comment down
5:39below giving us your best reasoning and
5:42argument for why they could be fantasy
5:43viable this season. and we're gonna pick
5:45one of those comments to get a free
5:47draft guide. Make sure you like the
5:49video. Subscribe as well for the Ravens
5:52in the AFC North. Rashad Baitman hasn't
5:54ever really materialized into anything,
5:56but we know he's got some upside to him.
5:59Couple of injuries. Maybe he finds some
6:01of that this season again. Devontes
6:03Walker, he's going to be on the waiverss
6:05for me. Z Flowers, I think he's got wide
6:07receiver one potential. I'm going to
6:09play it safe. List him as a wide
6:10receiver, too. Jacobe Lane. Been hearing
6:12some decent things about him in training
6:14camp so far. He looks good. We're going
6:16to put him on the watch list.
6:18>> Yeah, 100% watching Jacobe Lane here. I
6:20don't want to get too over excited about
6:23some of the camp clips, but he does seem
6:24to be playing great football right now.
6:26Zay Flowers, I have been on that
6:28bandwagon talking about his
6:29underratedness probably for multiple
6:32years now. Sure, a lot of people want to
6:33look at the big explosive games and
6:35maybe the lack of consistency at some
6:37points, but that's why he's being
6:38drafted where he's being drafted and not
6:40within the first couple of rounds. So,
6:42yeah, a wide receiver to a base there
6:44for Z Flowers. I'm all on board.
6:47>> Really only three guys I think we need
6:48to talk about with the Cincinnati
6:50Bengals. Jamar Chase is going as a top
6:52three pick. Has an opportunity to be the
6:54wide receiver one. We've got him listed
6:56as a wide receiver one. T. Higgins was
6:58actually relatively healthy last season
7:00compared to what he has been in years
7:02past. Hopefully he can find himself on
7:04the field for 15, 16, 17 games. Once
7:07again, it gives him good wide receiver
7:09two value. Andre Yosh is a guy whose
7:11name pops up every once in a while
7:14mainly because if there's an injury or
7:16someone misses time, then he has a
7:17little bit of potential. For me, that's
7:19all about the waivers. Still,
7:21>> this may be the clearest room in the
7:23entire NFL. I mean, there's no question
7:24that Chase is a wide receiver. one,
7:26Tiggins. A Tiggins, remember, we're
7:28we're keeping the Tiggins nickname, by
7:30the way. I can't I can't I can't escape
7:32that. Uh wide receiver 2, top 24 guy,
7:35easy after that. Not much to worry
7:37about.
7:37>> For the I almost said Cincinnati Browns.
7:40For the Cleveland Browns, staying in the
7:43same state, different city. For the
7:45Cleveland Browns, Denzel Boston and
7:47Casey Conception are both going to be
7:50watch list players for me as of right
7:52now. We've talked about it. It should do
7:54Sanders as the quarterback. It feels
7:56like him and Casey Conpion could be the
7:58better tandem. If it were to be Deshun
8:00Watson for any reason, it feels like he
8:02might be more willing to push the ball
8:04down the field, which would give Denzel
8:06Boston more opportunity. And there's
8:08Jerry Judy, Cedric Tilman. There's
8:10several other guys that you could list
8:12here, but I was like, you know what, we
8:13don't really need to go through all of
8:14them. Anybody that's not Boston or Casey
8:17Conception, I'm leaving on waiverss
8:19right now.
8:19>> Yeah, absolutely. And until we know who
8:21the starting quarterback is going to be,
8:23I'm not committing myself to any of
8:25these guys. Remember, it's still the
8:27Cleveland Browns. For the Pittsburgh
8:30Steelers, DK Metaf is going to be an
8:33upside type of play. He's got touchdown
8:35potential. He's got big play potential,
8:37while Michael Pitman is going to be the
8:39floor play. I think he works really well
8:41with Aaron Rogers this season. I don't
8:43think he gives us some of the upside
8:45that we saw in Indianapolis during his
8:46time there, but I think he could be a
8:48guy that could find himself as a flex
8:50play every single week. I want to keep
8:52Roman Wilson on the watch list. So far
8:54through training camp, there is a lot of
8:56good things about him, and it sounds
8:58like he's going to be on the field in
8:59three wide receiver sets. I don't I'm
9:02not saying that he's going to be fantasy
9:03viable, but I want us to keep an eye on
9:05him just in case anybody is injured.
9:07Jeremy Bernard, we're going to go ahead
9:08and list him as waiverss right now for
9:10the rookie. Yeah, I mean Roman Wilson
9:12now that Calvin Austin is no longer in
9:14town should have somewhat of a chance. I
9:16tell me if you would disagree with this,
9:17Kyle. At the end of the season, Michael
9:19Pitman has more receptions. DK Metaf has
9:22more yards.
9:23>> I do not disagree with that whatsoever.
9:25>> That's kind of how I see this wide
9:26receiver group in Pittsburgh. Moving on
9:28to the AFC South for the Houston Texans,
9:31Nico Collins. You could argue wide
9:34receiver one or wide receiver two and I
9:35would make I would be like, "Yeah, I
9:38agree probably with both of those
9:40arguments." However, we know Nico
9:42Collins in the big play ability can put
9:44him in the wide receiver one
9:45stratosphere. So, I would like to go
9:47ahead and go with his ceiling here, and
9:48that's why I'm going to list him as a
9:49wide receiver one. Jaden Higgins and
9:51Tank Dell, I think both deserve to be on
9:53the watch list. If you want to take a
9:55shot at one of them, I'd rather take a
9:57shot at Tank Dell, who's basically free
9:59right now. And then Jaylen Noel, we're
10:01going to leave him on waiverss for the
10:03time being.
10:03>> Yeah, I mean, Tank Dell is looking good.
10:06There's little to no limitations. If
10:08he's 100% week one, it's really hard to
10:11get behind Jaden Higgins and Jaylen Null
10:13because Collins and Dell could probably
10:15dominate the target share in Houston.
10:18>> Never really thought I would say this,
10:20but thank God that Daniel Jones is
10:23healthy because right
10:25>> that's going to be unlocking the
10:27potential for the Indianapolis Colts
10:29players this season. And Daniel Jones I
10:32I mean he looks good. He looks good
10:34coming back from that Achilles injury. I
10:35didn't think he was going to be ready
10:36for the season. He looks to be right
10:38there. Alec Pierce is still going to be
10:39an upside play. They paid him a lot of
10:41money. They expect him to be a wide
10:43receiver one, but he's still kind of
10:44banged up right now, working his way
10:46back from offseason surgery. I expect
10:48him to be healthy at some point. I don't
10:50know when, and I don't know how he's
10:51going to be utilized. Ashton Dolan is a
10:53waiver play. Josh DS, I'm not even going
10:56to put him as a watch list. I'm going to
10:57put him as a floor play. We said this in
10:59a sleeper video that we just did, but I
11:01mentioned him as a Wandelleesque player.
11:05>> Yeah. And that's that's a great
11:07comparison. And then he has that
11:08opportunity to go out there and get 100
11:10plus targets this year. He's super cheap
11:11in drafts for sure. Alec Pierce with the
11:14somewhat, you know, limitations here
11:16early on in the offseason. Uh yeah,
11:18there was a time where we were kind of
11:20hoping that, you know, Daniel Jones
11:21would miss a game due to injury just so
11:23we could get a better quarterback play.
11:24And you're right. Now all of a sudden
11:25we're like, "Thank you. I'm so glad that
11:28Daniel Jones is healthy." That's where
11:30we're at in 2026
11:31>> for the Jacksonville Jags. Now, we might
11:34want to just put all of these guys on
11:36the watch list at this point, but there
11:39are a lot of positives coming out of
11:41training camp right now about Parker
11:43Washington. If you want to plant your
11:45flag in one guy,
11:48>> oops. Then I would go with Parker
11:50Washington as of right now. Brian Thomas
11:52Jr. and Parker Washington, I will list
11:54them both as upside plays. Jacobe
11:56Meyers, I will list as a floor play.
11:58Travis Hunter, I will put on the watch
12:00list because we still don't know how
12:01he's even going to be utilized. Parker
12:03Washington has turned into what we
12:05thought Jacobe Meyers would be when he
12:07joined the team. Kind of like that
12:09binky, right? He's just involved
12:10everywhere. That has turned into Parker
12:13Washington. And there hasn't been one
12:15piece of negative news about him this
12:17entire off season. Everything is
12:19pointing to him being a huge part of
12:22this offense. So, you're right. If I had
12:24to look at this list, which is stacked
12:26in this offense, if I had to pick one
12:27right now, it's Parker Washington for me
12:29as well. For the Tennessee Titans,
12:32Carnell Tate is going to be the upside
12:34play for us, the rookie. Lots of big
12:36play potential, but may not be super
12:38consistent. I do think he could win some
12:40solid weeks for you, though. Juan Del
12:42Robinson, I think he could be exactly
12:44what he was in New York, a safe play
12:46every single week. If you play in a PPR
12:48league or if you have injuries or if you
12:51have guys on by-weeks, he could be a guy
12:53that you put in that just gives you some
12:54consistent numbers. Calvin Ridley,
12:57Ellommenor, Shamir DK, all of these guys
13:00when you take a look at what they could
13:02do. Yeah, they made some plays last
13:04season, but probably not going to make
13:05too many more moving forward.
13:07>> Yeah, and exactly what you said with
13:09Well Robinson. I would not be surprised
13:10if he does not have a similar year this
13:13year. It's going to be big-time targets,
13:16not a ton of yards or touchdowns, but in
13:19PPR formats could be very serviceable
13:21once again where Carnell Tate's probably
13:23going to get those bigger plays. is the
13:25touchdown opportunities, a lot more of
13:27the spotlight. Juell Robinson will be
13:29that safe, reliable flex for a lot of
13:31people in PPR leagues. It is time to
13:33finish off the AFC with the West now
13:36going with the Denver Broncos to start.
13:39These two, the first two right here, you
13:41could probably argue about these a
13:43little bit back and forth. Cartland
13:45Sutton I'm going to list as a floor
13:46play. He's still going to be involved,
13:48but I I don't think he's going to be the
13:50wide receiver one outright. I think he's
13:52going to have some good weeks. I think
13:54he's going to have some bad weeks, but I
13:55think you're going to find a little bit
13:56more floor than ceiling with him moving
13:58forward. Whereas with Jaylen Wadd, I
14:01think he's more explosive. I think he's
14:02the guy that can be better utilized in a
14:05Shawn Payeyton offense and be a guy that
14:07can be moved around. Man, Brandon Cooks
14:09with Shawn Payeyton back in the day was
14:11an absolutely explosive wide receiver.
14:14Maybe we see some Jaylen Waddles upside
14:16there. Troy Franklin I will leave on the
14:18watch list just because of how deep he
14:21was into that wide receiver two position
14:23last year and if something were to
14:24happen he would probably be the next guy
14:26up while Marvin Mims Jr. Pat Bryant both
14:28on waiverss for me.
14:30>> Yeah the addition of Jaylen Waddle to
14:31this group already is huge. I mean more
14:34so from an NFL perspective for fantasy
14:36it makes things a lot more difficult.
14:38Sutton going to remain touchdown
14:39dependent where I agree Waddle could be
14:41the guy that moves around gets a lot
14:42more of the explosive plays the yards
14:44after the catch. That's probably the guy
14:46I'm targeting in this offense if I want
14:48to take a stab at him.
14:49>> For the Kansas City Chiefs, we've got
14:50four wide receivers listed here.
14:52Taekquin Thoren is a watch list. Xavier
14:54Worthy is an upside play. Rasheed Rice,
14:57wide receiver one. Cyrus Allen also is a
14:59watch list for the upside play with
15:02Worthy. Obviously, big play potential
15:04with that speed, but it hasn't
15:05materialized into consistent playmaking
15:08ability as of yet, and there isn't
15:10really that opportunity for it to happen
15:12yet this year. Rasheed Rice. I'm still
15:14going to list him as a wide receiver
15:15one. Does not look great in training
15:17camp, but like I did with a wide
15:19receiver prior, I'm kind of looking at
15:21what is his upside. If he is healthy and
15:23ready to go, we've already seen that is
15:25wide receiver one ability. Taekwon
15:27Thornton, we've seen him make some big
15:28plays. So, if Worthy were to miss time,
15:30then Thornton could kind of step into
15:32that role. That's why he's on the watch
15:34list. Cyrus Allen is a guy that's
15:36turning a lot of heads in training camp.
15:37Even if he's not somebody that we can
15:39use to begin the season, maybe later in
15:41the year he pops up.
15:43>> Yeah, Rasheed Rice is the biggest
15:44question mark, right? How healthy is he
15:45going to be? He does not look fully
15:47healthy right now. So, if I could put a
15:49trending down arrow next to anyone, it
15:51would be Rasheed Rice just because
15:53there's a lot of unknown surrounding
15:54what is what's he going to look like?
15:56Because what we're seeing in camp, he
15:58looks stiff, he looks slow, he doesn't
16:00look fluid. There's just a lot that
16:02needs to improve when it comes to
16:03Rasheed Rice for right now.
16:05>> Yeah. rehabbing uh after a surgery while
16:08you're in jail. Probably not the best
16:10way to get 100% healthy.
16:12>> For the Las Vegas Raiders, Trey Tucker,
16:14we've seen him at times provide some
16:17fantasy ability for you. You can put him
16:19in the lineup, he gives you some solid
16:20numbers. That's why we're going to go
16:21with the floor play there. Probably the
16:23first shot at being the wide receiver
16:24one on this team. Newly signed Jaylen
16:27Naylor. I'm going to go with the upside
16:28play. We've seen him put together some
16:30decent games while in Minnesota. Now he
16:32gets an opportunity to potentially be
16:34the wide receiver too. Even though Brock
16:36Bowers is probably the number one target
16:38there, Jack Beck, leave him on waiverss.
16:41>> Yeah, remember when I said at the
16:42beginning of the show about how the
16:43Dolphins had one of the worst receiving
16:44rooms, the Raiders aren't far behind.
16:47Okay, we don't mind Jaylen Naylor
16:49potentially as a guy who has some an
16:51added target share after Brock Bowers.
16:53But yeah, after that, it's going to be
16:55hard to be overly reliant on anyone in
16:57this offense, not named Brock Bowers or
16:59maybe even Ashton Genty. Let's finish up
17:01the AFC with the Los Angeles Chargers.
17:05Quinton Johnston. He has upside
17:07potential. We know he's got big play
17:09potential. He just has to do a better
17:10job of catching the ball more
17:12consistently and he is a guy that
17:14absolutely could find his way into your
17:16lineup if you need upside on a weekly
17:18basis. Trey Harris, I'm going to leave
17:20him on waiverss even though he probably
17:21will be starting out there as the wide
17:23receiver three. Lad McConi, wide
17:26receiver two territory for me. I think
17:28he's got some top 12 potential, but he's
17:29a much more safer bet if you draft him.
17:32Looking at wide receiver two numbers,
17:33Brennan Thompson on the watch list.
17:35Quinton Johnson has had some issues with
17:37health. Trey Harris hasn't necessarily
17:39won a spot as of right now. Brennan
17:41Thompson was drafted for his speed. A
17:44former all-American track runner.
17:46Absolutely could be a guy that finds
17:48himself with some big plays this year.
17:49>> Yeah, we know they they they want the
17:51speed in LA here. That's a Mike McDaniel
17:53thing. He he wants to try to find that
17:55game-breaking speed. Lad Mananki, I
17:57think, bounces back in a huge way. No
17:59Keenan Allen in his way this year. Lad
18:01Mani is the guy who's probably going to
18:03be that weekly safety valve once again.
18:05Quinton Johnston, if he could just
18:06remove the oven mitts, dude. Please
18:09don't turn into Devin Funch, you know,
18:11like that's what I I'm so concerned that
18:12Quinton Johnson is on the verge of
18:14either going one direction and being a
18:16great wide receiver or to being Devin
18:18Funch. And that's what's got me
18:20terrified right now.
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19:12down below. We're going to start out
19:14east with the NFC. And that's going to
19:16be with the Dallas Cowboys to begin
19:18with. George Pickkins and CD Lamb both
19:20can be drafted as wide receiver one
19:22candidates. Is CD Lamb a little safer?
19:24Probably. Does George Pickkins have a
19:26little bit more upside but could be a
19:28little bit more inconsistent? Probably.
19:30But by the end of the year, they both
19:31could be wide receiver one while Ryan
19:33Florenoi and Cavonte Turpin are both on
19:36waiverss. Yeah, I mean when it comes to
19:37the Cowboys, Pickkins and Lamb is really
19:39all they really need. Everything else is
19:41going to be kind of be a weekly cluster
19:43to try to figure out. So yeah, the the
19:45ceilings that those two guys have wide
19:47receiver one worthy
19:49>> for the New York Giants. Malik Neighbors
19:51has been the talk of the off seasonason
19:52when it comes to wide receiver. Is going
19:54to list him as a wide receiver too.
19:56Expects to be ready for week one, but
19:58how healthy is he? Actually things look
20:00good and are trending up right now, but
20:02I think we still need to be a little bit
20:04cautious. Darius Sllayton, Calvin
20:06Austin, they can be both left on
20:08waiverss and I'm not going to fill this
20:10screen up with Juju Smith or Odell
20:12Beckham Jr. or Darnell Mooney. All of
20:15those guys for me still on waiverss
20:16right now. If somebody were to find
20:19their way to being fantasy viable at the
20:21beginning of the year, we'll just have
20:22to deal with that through the waiver
20:23wires. I'm not necessarily even watch
20:25listing any of them, but I will watch
20:28list Malachi Fields because the rookie
20:30does have some really good big play
20:32potential and if they start to cut some
20:34of these wide receivers that they
20:35brought in for depth, he quickly moves
20:37to a better position to find his way on
20:40the field quicker. Yeah, there's already
20:41talk that he could be overtaking Darius
20:43Sllayton as the wide receiver too in
20:46this offense is with Malik Neighbors
20:48straight up lying to people all
20:49offseason. Now I'm convinced that all
20:51the limping was fake. I am not convinced
20:54that he was not anywhere near 100% like
20:56a month or two ago because now all of a
20:58sudden he looks good. He looks quick.
20:59He's still got a little bit to go but we
21:00got a month out before the season. Malik
21:03Neighbors could be one of the biggest.
21:06Is it a surprise? I don't even know if I
21:07can call it a surprise because people
21:08expect production. I think they're just
21:09going to be surprised at how far along
21:11he was given the information we were
21:13given just a couple months ago.
21:14>> Yeah. For the Philadelphia Eagles,
21:17people have in the comment section all
21:19year been calling us Eagles haters. And
21:21today, we're going to take an
21:22opportunity to not really be Eagles
21:23haters because we think the offense
21:25could be really good. We just don't know
21:27who's going to be the guy consistently.
21:29Dantavian Wix, I think he is a watchless
21:32type of guy. If there is an injury
21:34there, Dantavian Wix becomes fantasy
21:37viable for me. When you take a look at
21:38Devonte Smith, I'm not going to list him
21:40as a wide receiver one because I think
21:41he can reach that. But by the end of the
21:43season, I don't know if he's a
21:45consistent enough wide receiver one to
21:46actually put him there, but I'll go
21:48ahead and list him as a wide receiver,
21:49too, which is where he finishes
21:51basically every single season. But one,
21:54Mai Lemon, loved him. He was my wide
21:56receiver one in the draft. I think it's
21:58a great draft pick. I think this makes
21:59this offense even more dangerous, but
22:02he's more of a floor play for me. I
22:04don't think he has a ton of upside right
22:05away. Hollywood Brown is just there to
22:07cause chaos. I don't think he's fantasy
22:09viable, but I think he's going to get
22:10just enough targets to make people
22:11upset.
22:12>> And that's exactly what people need to
22:14realize right here. There are so many
22:16weapons that they're all going to take
22:17just enough to really limit the ceiling
22:20of everyone. It's not that we hate
22:21Devonte Smith or Mai Lemon. They're
22:24great. And on an NFL field, from an NFL
22:26offense perspective, I would I honestly
22:29I will say I think that the Eagles may
22:31have the best overall offense in the
22:34NFL, but for fantasy, it is an absolute
22:36nightmare because they're all going to
22:38be involved at some point and you're
22:40just never going to know. You're going
22:41to go into the game thinking it's a
22:42Devonte Smith week and Hollywood Brown
22:45catches a 60-yard touchdown. It may be
22:47the first catch he's had in three weeks,
22:49but that didn't go to Smith, it went to
22:51Brown and it kills your fantasy week.
22:53That's the biggest headache with this
22:54offense from a fantasy perspective
22:57>> for the Washington Commanders. Things
22:59seemed kind of settled and then Stefon
23:01Diggs, he signs here at the beginning
23:03of, we'll say the preseason, not the
23:05beginning of training camp, but the
23:06beginning of preseason. Terry McLaren to
23:08me is more of an upside play. I don't
23:10want to list him as a wide receiver,
23:11too, because I think the addition of
23:12Stefon Diggs kind of pulls him out of
23:14that territory and gives you more of a
23:16high upside play every week. I would
23:18lump him in more with a Christian
23:20Watson, a Devonte Smith, guys like that.
23:22For Stefon Diggs, I think he's a floor
23:24play. I think he's a guy that gets
23:25enough targets that the big play
23:27potential isn't there, but I think he is
23:29good enough still and gets enough
23:31targets to give you some decent floor
23:32every single week. Luke McAffrey, we're
23:34going to toss him onto waiverss. Antonio
23:36Williams will remain on the watch list.
23:38We liked him prior to the Stefon Diggs
23:41signing. And while this probably does
23:43limit his path in 2026, injuries happen.
23:46>> Yeah. And I mean, if you're looking at a
23:48slot receiver here right now, it's Stfan
23:50Diggs. That's where he's kind of
23:51penciled in. If they choose to move him
23:53outside at all and Antonio Williams gets
23:55a chance in the slot, the kid has great
23:58potential. I mean, from a a skill
24:01standpoint and a offensive standpoint,
24:03love Antonio Williams. Diggs, like you
24:06said, probably just limited it a little
24:07here in his first year. for the NFC
24:10North. Starting with the Chicago Bears
24:12this weekend, Luther Burden, it's
24:14announced that he is dealing with an
24:16injury and it sounds like he could miss
24:18quite a bit of time. That's that's not
24:21great for Luther Burden and overall not
24:23great for this offense either. However,
24:25if you've been trying to find somebody,
24:28Romo Dunay we have talked about at
24:31length on this channel. He is in the
24:32draft guide as well. I won't tell you
24:34where, but he is in there. Romo Dun is a
24:37guy that has a ton of potential. I'm
24:39going to list him as a upside play.
24:41Depending on how long Luther Burden
24:43misses, though, he could find himself as
24:46a wide receiver, too. I put these notes
24:48in here before the injury was announced.
24:50I'm going to leave it as is right now
24:52because even at this moment, I don't
24:53think we have a ton of information to
24:55kind of go off as of yet. Luther Burden,
24:57I'll leave him as an upside play.
24:59Whenever he returns this year, he will
25:01have some big playability. Khalif
25:03Raymond, I'm going to still just leave
25:04him on waiverss until we know more about
25:07Burden.
25:07>> Yeah. And it sounds like they want
25:09Burton to be ready for week one. There's
25:11a chance that he is not. Obviously,
25:12we've been on the Romo Dunes bandwagon
25:14like you mentioned, but also if Burton
25:16misses any time, holy Colston Loveland,
25:21and I'm just going to leave it at that.
25:23>> I have him at tight end three. He's
25:24staying there.
25:26>> The first few weeks of the season could
25:28be ridiculous for him. If Burton misses
25:30for the Detroit Lions, Isaac Tesla, he's
25:33going to catch 10 passes this season.
25:35All 10 of them will be for 40 yard
25:37touchdowns. Leave them on your watch
25:39list. Jameson Williams is an upside play
25:41for me. Obviously finished up in the top
25:4412 wide receivers last season. Those
25:46really, really, really big weeks will
25:48put him there. But again, he had three
25:50games last season where he basically
25:52disappeared and didn't give you
25:54anything. That's why it's more of an
25:55upside play than a wide receiver to play
25:57for me. I'm Ross A. Brown maybe one of
26:00the safest wide receivers in the league.
26:02>> Yeah, 100% one of the most safest for
26:03sure. And yeah, I'm kind of wondering if
26:05Isaac Tesla is even capable of making a
26:08normal catch. Like everything is like
26:10every time I see this guy at something
26:11ridiculous circus catch and he just
26:13doesn't see enough targets to be viable.
26:15I wish he would though. I will throw
26:17that out there that I would love to see
26:19him get six to eight targets a week. I
26:21think he could be something special.
26:22He's just hidden and buried on a death
26:24chart.
26:25>> If the Savannah Bananas start a football
26:28league, Isaac Tesla would be the number
26:29one overall pick for the Packers.
26:32Christian Watson upside play. We put him
26:34in our league winners videos. Obviously,
26:37the injuries are a major concern over
26:39the course of his career, but this guy
26:40just got paid huge money and they got
26:44rid of Dantavian Wixs and they ended up
26:47moving on from Romeo Dobs. When you do
26:49things like that and opportunity becomes
26:51more apparent and you got paid a ton of
26:53money, you have to look at it and say,
26:55"Yeah, this guy could have a really
26:56solid season." Matthew Golden and Jaden
26:58Reed will both be on the watch list for
27:00me, though.
27:01>> Yeah. And Matthew Golden is the one I'm
27:03probably watching more closer more
27:05closely close clo whatever
27:07>> closest close the closest uh than Jaden
27:10Reed because I feel like Matthew Golden
27:11is going to have the bigger opportunity
27:12with that first round draft capital to
27:14try to have a little bit bigger of a
27:16role here this year over Jaden Reed plus
27:18you can get him for cheaper on draft day
27:19for the Minnesota Vikings. Justin
27:21Jefferson we think it's bounceback
27:22season. I do believe Kyler Murray will
27:24end up being the starting quarterback.
27:26Jordan Addison upside play for me. I
27:29don't know if Kyler Murray is going to
27:30be good enough to support two top 24
27:33wide receivers, but I think he could
27:34support a wide receiver one and a flex
27:36option every single week. Jawan
27:38Jennings, keep him on the watch list
27:40because he could become really, really
27:42good for fantasy in the red zone if
27:45there were to be an injury.
27:46>> Yeah, 100%. He's one injury away from
27:48being very fantasy viable. Him and Kyler
27:51very familiar with each other after all
27:53their years together in the NFC West
27:54when Jennings was in San Francisco. But
27:57yeah, the move from JJ McCarthy to Kyler
28:01Murray should automatically jolt Justin
28:03Jefferson back up. Quit quit ignoring
28:06all the the camp stuff of like, oh, the
28:08dude is learning the offense. They're
28:09learning each other. Give him a little
28:10bit of time and and Jefferson's going to
28:12be a top 12 guy once again. Heading down
28:14to the NFC South, the Atlanta Falcons.
28:17First up, Drake London. I'm going to
28:18list him as a wide receiver. one. Yes, I
28:21know the injury last year kind of killed
28:23you, especially towards the end of the
28:24season as you were heading into the
28:25playoffs, but prior to that injury, he
28:28was locked in as a top 12 wide receiver.
28:30I'm sure we can find that again this
28:32season regardless of who the quarterback
28:33is. John Dodson, Olide Zakius are both
28:37on waiverss. However, Zachariah Branch
28:40is one of our highest listed watch list
28:42players. He is maybe not even watch list
28:45at this point. He's watchless slash use
28:47your very last pick on him anyway. Yeah,
28:49I mean I have so much excitement
28:51surrounding Zachariah Branch and what he
28:52could be in this offense. An offense
28:54that still needs to to identify some of
28:57these pass catching weapons after Drake
28:59London. I is it Kyle Pittz and then what
29:01after that? It's wide open and Zachariah
29:03Branch could be that guy to fill that
29:04spot
29:05>> for the Carolina Panthers. I was in love
29:07with Ted McMillan a couple of weeks ago.
29:09It was announced that he was going to
29:11play more in the slot and then
29:12unfortunately the Chris Brazelle injury
29:15is going to change things. Does that
29:17automatically mean that McMillan doesn't
29:19play as much in the slot? No. But now he
29:21goes from being like a wide receiver 10
29:24to 12 for me to more like a wide
29:26receiver 13 through 15. So I'm going to
29:28list him as a wide receiver too. I think
29:29he still gets into the slot which is
29:31good. But I do think the Brazil injury
29:33is not great for him. And while it's not
29:35great for him, it is big news for Jaylen
29:37Coker. Jaylen Coker is an upside play
29:39for me now. He can end up being a guy
29:41that is the number two target in this
29:44offense. Xavier Legette is going to be
29:46on waiverss.
29:47>> Yeah, he he needs to stay on waivers,
29:49too, because he ain't done nothing since
29:50he's been there. Uh Ted McMillan, we
29:53always get people down the comments as
29:54you say, "How could you pick T McMillan
29:56to go so high with Bryce Young as his
29:57quarterback?" Uh news flash, Ted
30:00McMillan was the wide receiver 15 last
30:02year with a quarterback of Bryce Young
30:04as a rookie. T McMillan was. So yeah, I
30:07I'm I'm fine keeping him right there in
30:09that same, you know, wide receiver 13 to
30:1115 range. I think that's easy finishing
30:14for him and he's still got the ability
30:15to go a little bit higher if he can play
30:17more out of the slot.
30:18>> For the New Orleans Saints, it didn't
30:19feel like we were hearing a ton about
30:21Jordan Tyson until this weekend. And
30:23then I started to hear a little bit
30:25more. He started to make some good
30:26plays. It feels like he's becoming more
30:28comfortable on the offense. He's
30:29healthy, which is great for me. He's
30:31going to be more of an upside play this
30:33season. Him and Chris Ave are both on
30:35the field together. I think there's
30:36going to be some weeks where Jordan
30:38Tyson may disappear. Chris Olive for me,
30:41wide receiver one last year. He was a
30:43guy that we had as a must-have wide
30:45receiver. He's being drafted still a
30:48little too high for my liking. I think
30:49he is a safer wide receiver too than he
30:52is a wide receiver one upside play.
30:54While Devon Vel and Bryce Lance will
30:56both remain on waiverss.
30:58>> Uh yeah, totally agree with Chris Olive.
31:00He's not the only show in town. Jordan
31:02Tyson will take away just enough of that
31:04ceiling. And Bryce Lance, I have no idea
31:06who the hell that even is. So, he's
31:08gonna be on my waiver wire or two.
31:10>> Bryce Lance was a sleeper for me in this
31:12year's draft. Don't love the landing
31:13spot, but that is uh another Lance who
31:17went very high in the draft. That's his
31:19>> Never heard of her. Never heard of her.
31:21>> For the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a Mecca
31:23Ibuka, he we have him listed as a must
31:25have wide receiver this year. We really
31:27believe that the drop issues he'll take
31:30care of. the health issues that all of
31:31the Bucks had last year. Hopefully that
31:33doesn't become a concern. He's got wide
31:35receiver one potential for me. Not the
31:37wide receiver three that we saw through
31:39the first few weeks of last season, but
31:41top 12 wide receiver could easily be
31:43within his grasp. Jaylen McMillan's
31:45going to be on the waiverss for me.
31:46Chris Godwin, I think he goes back to
31:48being a solid floor play out of the slot
31:50this year. He could be a guy that Baker
31:51is really looking for in those tough
31:53situations. Maybe he doesn't have
31:55hundredyard games, but maybe he gets six
31:58receptions a game for 70 yards and is
32:00just enough to find his way into your
32:02lineup at times. Jaylen McMillan is
32:04going to be on waiverss. He does have
32:05touchdown potential, but I don't think
32:07enough in this offense with everyone
32:08being healthy. But Ted Hurst is on the
32:11watch list. A lot of really good things
32:12about his big play ability. Yeah, I mean
32:14I would not be surprised if at some
32:16point throughout this season if Jaylen
32:17McMillan were to go down, which he's
32:18been known to. Ted Hurst slots into that
32:21other outside receiver with Mecca Ibuka.
32:23Got to win the slot and they never go
32:24back from that in Tampa Bay.
32:26>> Heading out to the NFC West for the
32:28Arizona Cardinals. I mean, this has been
32:30a debate back and forth the entire off
32:32seasonason. Is it Marvin Harrison Jr.?
32:33Is it Michael Wilson? If it's Michael
32:36Wilson, people are arguing, well, look
32:38what he did with Marvin Harrison and
32:40without Marvin Harrison. for the people
32:42for Marvin Harrison, it's, oh, you know,
32:43he hasn't been healthy or he's had a
32:46terrible quarterback. He's got the draft
32:47capital. There's reasons for and against
32:49both of these guys, but until I see it
32:51consistently from Marvin Harrison Jr.,
32:53he's just going to be listed as an
32:54upside play for me. I think he might
32:56have some big games and some big
32:57touchdowns from time to time, I think
32:59Michael Wilson is much more positioned
33:01to be a more consistent wide receiver.
33:03Is he top 12 like he was at the end of
33:05last season? Probably not. Is it
33:08possible? Yes. But I think you could
33:09find some consistent production from
33:11him, especially at his ADP. Kendrick
33:14Bourne is the wide receiver three on
33:15waiverss.
33:16>> Yeah, and I think Kendrick Bourne has an
33:18opportunity this year, but just not
33:19enough, right? Because between Wilson,
33:21Harrison, and Trey McBride, that's going
33:23to soak up the majority of the pass
33:25catching work. Plus, there's like 15
33:26running backs back there that can catch
33:27passes. Uh, so yeah, Michael Wilson,
33:30like you said, just the more consistent
33:32option in this offense. I want Marv to
33:34be a thing. Trust me, I've wanted Marv
33:36to be a thing since he was drafted to
33:38the Cardinals. It's just not
33:39materialized. And it seems like every
33:42other day he's having a great camp. He's
33:44having a horrible camp. He's having a
33:45great camp. He's having a horrible camp.
33:46And that right there just tells you the
33:48inconsistencies are still there. And
33:50until we see that change, I'm I'm team
33:52Michael Wilson at this point.
33:54>> For the LA Rams, Devonte Adams scored a
33:57bleep ton of touchdowns last season. I
34:00don't know why I did that when I
34:01actually have a bleep button that I
34:02could use, but I digress. Devonte Adams
34:06could score a ton of touchdowns again
34:08this coming season. I don't think he has
34:10some of the upside we saw last year and
34:12I don't know if he has as many
34:14touchdowns, but I still think he finds
34:15his way into the end zone enough to be a
34:17solid wide receiver, too. Pukanakua is
34:19being drafted as a top three wide
34:21receiver. Absolutely deserves to be up
34:23there. He's got great upside again.
34:25Jordan Whittington is going to be on
34:27waiverss for now.
34:29>> Yeah, Puga locked in that wide receiver
34:31one spot. I still think Adams has 10
34:32plus touchdown potential this year. And
34:34if he gets to 10, he's inside the top 24
34:36easily
34:38>> for the 49ers at electrical substation
34:41is already trying to take some people
34:43away from us,
34:44>> but we're going to keep fighting back.
34:46Mike Evans is still Jake's got him as a
34:48wide receiver one. He's got him at wide
34:50receiver two. Absolutely loves Mike
34:52Evans. I believe that he absolutely has
34:55the upside to be up there just because
34:57he is taking a little bit of rest right
34:59now. They have said he's just a little
35:00bit sore. I don't believe it's anything
35:02terrible. I'm going to list him just as
35:04a wide receiver too for right now. I
35:06think his upside is going to be in that
35:08area. Debo Samuel to me coming back to
35:11San Francisco. Does it mess with Mike
35:13Evans a whole lot? I don't think so. We
35:15talked about it. We think it messes with
35:16Christian McCaffrey more than anybody at
35:18that point. Got him listed as a floor
35:20play, especially to begin the season if
35:22there's no George KD. Christian Kirk is
35:24on waiverss. Is on dribbling though on
35:27the watch list. We like his potential.
35:29>> Yeah, 100%. If anybody's missing time
35:31due to injury, Stribb is going to be the
35:32guy that to get those additional
35:33targets. Just to clarify slightly, I
35:36don't have Evans at wide receiver 2. I
35:38have him at wide receiver 12. I don't
35:40want people
35:40>> Did I say wide receiver two?
35:41>> You said two and I'm like, people are
35:43coming after me with pitchforks if
35:44that's
35:44>> No, wide receiver 12 is what I meant.
35:46That's my bad.
35:47>> That's okay. It's all good. I just want
35:48to make sure I clarify that because the
35:50comment section would have been like
35:51that guy's an idiot. Um,
35:52>> good thing we're doing this show
35:53together because if I had said that and
35:54you would have seen it later, you'd have
35:55been like, "What the heck is he doing to
35:57me? what's what's going on here? But
35:58yeah, I do think he's got that Verge
35:59wide receiver one upside. Everybody's
36:01like, "Oh, he's already hurt." Listen,
36:03the the San Francisco 49ers know what's
36:05going on. They know that they can't keep
36:06people healthy. And the one person they
36:08can't really afford to get hurt is Mike
36:10Evans. So, this whole rest that he's
36:12getting, I would almost guarantee that
36:14this is more so just to avoid an injury
36:17than him actually having an injury right
36:19now in San Francisco. Jake, we've talked
36:21about 29 teams, one left, the defending
36:25Super Bowl champions and the reigning
36:28offensive player of the year, Jackson
36:30Smith and Jigbuzz, the wide receiver one
36:33listed on here. He's got wide receiver
36:34one potential. He's being drafted as a
36:37top three wide receiver. One of the
36:39safest plays from last season, but also
36:41a guy that brought some solid upside.
36:43Rasheed Shahed hearing that him and Sam
36:45Darnold are looking really good right
36:47now with their connection after they
36:48traded for Shahed last season. He didn't
36:51really have an opportunity to get going.
36:53Now he's had part of a season and all
36:55off season. He could end up being an
36:56upside play at some point. The waiverss
36:58are going to have Cooper Cup. Tory
37:00Horton is going to be on the watch list.
37:02He is a guy that he looked like he could
37:05have some potential. I think Rashichi,
37:07he kind of shuts that down as of right
37:08now. And I don't know if they pass
37:10enough to give him the type of upside
37:12that we would need.
37:13>> Just another little minor detail. This
37:15is team 32, not team 30, just so you
37:17know. That's what I'm here for. Got your
37:19back.
37:21>> Anyway, moving on to the Seattle
37:23Seahawks. Don't worry about it. Jackson
37:25Smith and Jigba. Obviously, I don't know
37:27if I can expect the same year this year
37:30as last year. I still think he's heavily
37:32targeted and what really saved him a lot
37:34at times last year was his ability to go
37:36out there and get chunk plays. It was
37:37seems like I want to say it was like 15
37:39or 17 games I believe where he had a
37:41catch of at least 20 yards or more.
37:43Rasheed Shahed
37:45I I want to believe in him. I really do.
37:48I just don't know if he sees enough
37:50consistent targets with the way they're
37:52going to utilize guys like Cooper Cup
37:54and Tory Horton and AJ Barner and you
37:56know do they really spread the ball
37:57around so much after that that he
37:59doesn't see enough consistently. So
38:01yeah, as far as an upside play in deeper
38:03leagues for sure, but JSM this is still
38:05this is still his team to lead.
38:07>> As the summer winds down, I'm still in
38:09baseball mode. That's why I said 30
38:11teams because Major League Baseball has
38:1330 teams, not the NFL that has 32. Hello
38:17nation. We talked about a ton of players
38:20today. We talked about 32 teams and
38:23their depth chart at the wide receiver
38:24position. So make sure you like the
38:26video. Make sure you subscribe the
38:28channel. I don't see any other channels
38:30doing this type of content. So I think
38:32we deserve your hype points as well.
38:34Headliner, we appreciate you for being
38:36here. Lock in for some more content
38:38throughout the rest of the off season as
38:39we get ready for week one. Stay safe and
38:41healthy and we'll catch you on the next
38:43episode of the fantasy headliners.

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